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Posted March 02, 2013 - 07:12 AM

Accoriding The Times, the guy was "Too Close to Phil Jackson." WTF? An equipment guy somehow is to blame for the Laker's predictament? The guy puts basketballs in the rack for Pete's sake. Did he do it using the triangle?

lol. great post^
Or was Jimmy cutting Salary by getting rid of the equip manager....lol. Its like a $45-$60,000/year job. I bet he thought that would get him under the cap.

Jim fired a franchise employee of 26 years only a few years before his retirement. And then gave him no severance pay. Jim is a prick and a bad person and a even worse boss. And I would say the same thing about ANY big wig executive of any company that did the same thing.

Some of you need to get your head outta your ass and realize theres things about the word "loyalty" that are bigger than basketball.

lol. great post^
Or was Jimmy cutting Salary by getting rid of the equip manager....lol. Its like a $45-$60,000/year job. I bet he thought that would get him under the cap.

Jim fired a franchise employee of 26 years only a few years before his retirement. And then gave him no severance pay. Jim is a prick and a bad person and a even worse boss. And I would say the same thing about ANY big wig executive of any company that did the same thing.

Some of you need to get your head outta your ass and realize theres things about the word "loyalty" that are bigger than basketball.

You guys have zero knowledge of what's going on.
Jim is, nor ever has been sole owner. That's a fact. Jeanie handles the business sides of things, that's a fact. Everything else is speculation.

^Well, I dont have a job with the Lakers nor do I have a confidante that works there. But I can read. Per Ronnie Lester, he was fired by Kupchak, at the specific direction of JIM BUSS. Per Brian Shaw, he was handled in a "shady" fashion when Mike Brown was hired, and never points the finger directly at Jimbo, but certainly implies it.

Are you real comfortable having a former (bad) trainer running things?

Some people who would know a little more about Jim than us for sure would be Magic & Stephen A. Smith for instance, and I can tell you, for those of you who don't know, they are both extremely passionate and on the record numerous times about their disapproval of Jim Buss. Definitely some further credibility there imo, just pointing out.

Jim Buss, by contrast, trained horses given to him by his dad. And was pretty bad at it. But none to worry, he got this NBA talent evaluation thing down pretty fast. He was once quoted as saying something like "Evaluating NBA talent is easy. 10 guys in a bar would come up with the same evaluation as NBA scouts." A few years later he fired all the Lakers longtime scouts.

And as far as a college education, he dropped out of USC. Jeannie is the one with the USC degree, with honors.

Jim Buss, by contrast, trained horses given to him by his dad. And was pretty bad at it. But none to worry, he got this NBA talent evaluation thing down pretty fast. He was once quoted as saying something like "Evaluating NBA talent is easy. 10 guys in a bar would come up with the same evaluation as NBA scouts." A few years later he fired all the Lakers longtime scouts.

And as far as a college education, he dropped out of USC. Jeannie is the one with the USC degree, with honors.

Still feeling good about the new owner?

Lol...you sound like Plashke.

Jerry Buss and West had Nick van Exel and Cedric Ceballos as the franchise players. I see you left out Jim Buss' titles in 2009/2010